Event Coverage SCORE! NHRA Museum swap meet (you are going to hate me)

Today was the annual automotive literature swap meet at the NHRA Museum in Pomona. The swap meet has bounced around several locations for over 30 years and for the past two years has been at the museum.
The goodies on sale are everything from old and not so old automotive magazines, books, posters, manuals, etc.
Here's some shots from this morning AND photos of a couple of goodies I picked up for myself

By the way, I did not inquire to the staff volunteers in the museum of any news of the future status of the museum. I'm sure they are quite tired of all of the questions.


I did shoot several hundred more photos inside the museum, but I'll save those for another day. I plan on a thread soon of just the museum displays, cars, etc....more later.









on of many of my neighbor of 36 years Joe Scalzo's racing books...


Hot Rod Magazines all bagged by the year

 

OK...............here's where I got into trouble....

This guy had a huge pile of "little books".....


Man....I needed some of those.....NO....I needed ALL of those....

So, I did what any sane person would do...I brought 'em home!













There's more....but this ought to hold you for awhile...

I know you are wondering about the price....They were $5 each, but since I offered to buy them all, I got them for a little over $2 each...

 

Holy **** Doug !! I would have came home flat broke !! Nice score on the mags !! I sure would've like to of had that Elkhart Lake Shelby Print >>>>.

 

*slobber* You lucky son of a gun! Great score! Thanks for the photos, too.

 

Bruce, I DID come home flat broke..., but happy!!!

 

Little Books, man I loved those things. I had a stack about 3 ft. high in 62 and gave them to my girl friends little brother thinking I am making points and getting him interested in cars too..Yeah Right, he went to Azusa Swap meet and sold them for 10 cents apiece....

 

you did good!

 

Killer score Doug! Now get to work scanning!

 

Dammit! God Dammit!
I forgot all about this show!

Pat Ganahl was going to be there & fix me up with TRJ 1-5.
Instead- I sat at a car show playing like a gold chainer look-alike.
What a douche bag I am.

Did U see Pat?

 

Yup, he and I had a nice talk for awhile....had his new roadster there, too..

 

Now go get some little tubs to keep your little books in. Nice score

 

If I would have known about this I would've went.

 

great score on the zines. looks like a heck of a collection!!

 

Man I wanted to go. Can't believe I forgot all about it.

Only plus was meeting a guy at the show w/ a 32 roadster that's been in the family for over 60 years. Was his dad's car. Hadn't ran in years- had run at Bonneville & El Mirage in past. He got car running (and painted w/ the black lacquer his dad bought 30 years ago) & took to El Marage last year & gave his dad a ride in it (Dad was too weak to push in the clutch) in El Mirage. Cool as ****! P***ed away soon after. That car dripped history. Flathead, Lasalle trans, 32 rear, red wires- OMG, I was in heaven. One of the original Pasadena Roadster Club members (the dad). Only shining light in an otherwise billet big wheel day.
And where was my camera? At home on the coffee table!

 

congradulations on saving the little books
I went through high school with them shoved in my cl*** books so i could read them , why did I flunk all my cl***es???????? and drop out and go to Auto Mechanics school??

we dont have much to pick over in MN other than buy stuff mail order

 

Nice score, man. I'd forgotten all about that nailhead bucket with the mags. Bill Roland, maybe? One of the nicest early ones.

 

I think you are right. I remember when that car was for sale in the cl***ifieds of Hot Rod Magazine, it was out in the San Fernando Valley somewhere.
I think it was the same issue that Ed Roth had an ad selling his "Tweety Pie" roadster for $2200...(sheesh)

 

I did find a pic of the car on here.




Talk about OT!!!!

 

forgot one...

 

great catch mazooma...........i have a lot of little books myself,they are great for reference on "period perfect"

 

****!!!! I wish i would of known about this!!!!

 

Wow, that really takes me back. I used to go into the ba*****t of my buddie's, Dad's drug store and read the little books before he put them out on the shelf. Got me hooked for sure.

 

Damn ! You better be glad I live so far away or I would have scored them all ! Hell I live in the East Coast , Oh well ! You guys have all the luck on the West Coast !
There were some really beautiful goodies there . I would have loved the Master parts Books !

Glad to here you made out real good . What a Hell of a great deal you got on the "Little Books" and they are full of such great information too !

 

I hate.....not really.....yes I do.......no I don't.......daaaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmm.......nice score.

 

haha! you're about as sane as me. I've blown well over $200 at one time on stacks of little books. It's always easier to buy them all then pick through for the ones you don't have.

 

If you came home broke, then the seller was the one who scored...

 

Mazooma1: Your right....I HATE YOU...


Good score.

 

Mazooma, great coverage and wonderful photos...as usual. Love the little books too, and I consider them to be the stuff dreams are made of. I still have the ones I bought at Jazzbo's All in One in Chochran, Georgia, when I was a kid. Thanks for the coverage.